More and more homeowners from Canada and the U.S. are opting for pultruded-fiberglass siding, a recently improved long-lasting and easily maintainable siding when compared to conventional wood, vinyl and fiber cement sidings.
By Nick Gilbert
7 Sep 2012
The U.S. Green Building Council has awarded YOTEL New York LEED "Gold" certification. The Green Building Certification Institute has verified the certification.
By Joel Scanlon
6 Sep 2012
AZEK Building Products has announced the inclusion of the building materials distribution division of Boise Cascade, Baltimore, Maryland, as its latest supplier of the Mid-Atlantic region. Boise Cascade’s avant garde facility will supply the complete range of AZEK merchandise to the sales people in the markets of Central Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Eastern West Virginia and Virginia.
By Will Soutter
6 Sep 2012
A special privateƒ{public collaboration, involving $9 million of New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC) from Finance Fund and $6.5 million from the Development Fund of the Western Reserve (DFWR), will help Kent State University (KSU) Foundation to finance a new hotel and conference center, which will provide 472 regional employment opportunities besides bolstering economic development and boosting the regional tourism.
By Nick Gilbert
6 Sep 2012
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has chosen Billings VA 2008 as the contractor to construct a new outpatient medical care unit in Billings, Montana.
By Nick Gilbert
6 Sep 2012
Balfour Beatty Construction together with the Sweetwater Union High School District commemorated the groundbreaking of extensions to Montgomery Middle School on August 14. Balfour Beatty is building a unit of 37,500 sq. ft. of $20.7 million which will have five new buildings.
By Nick Gilbert
6 Sep 2012
It is ironic that a massive four-story modern steel and concrete building is coming up near the dainty, unsafe, and safeguarded sea turtle nests that adorn the seashore at Florida.
By Nick Gilbert
5 Sep 2012
Overhead Garage Door has acquired Spartan Overhead Door based in Elk Grove, Illinois, thus becoming the largest installer of garage doors in the Greater Chicago region.
By Nick Gilbert
4 Sep 2012
The Health Campus Partnership comprising the Watford Borough Council, West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust and Watford Football Club have chosen Kier Property as their preferred bidder for the Watford Health Campus project.
By Will Soutter
3 Sep 2012
RAC has chosen Kier as the preferred bidder to deliver total facilities management services at RAC’s three major sites, namely its two histrionic buildings at Bradley Stoke outside Bristol and Bescot close to Walsall, and its offices located at Stretford in Manchester.
By Nick Gilbert
3 Sep 2012
IBISWorld, an industry research firm, has added the Deck and Patio Construction industry market research report to its collection.
By Joel Scanlon
3 Sep 2012
Lennar, a builder of quality homes for all generations, is introducing its new revolutionary concept to Minnesota on September 8.
By Will Soutter
3 Sep 2012
Plano Concrete Flooring, a unit of Artisan DecoCrete, is offering a new decorative concrete finishing system to businesses and homes in and around Plano and Dallas areas.
By Nick Gilbert
3 Sep 2012
Coswick Hardwood, a Canadian manufacturer of engineered and solid wood flooring, has announced that the company will launch Ash Pearl Grey, a new designer flooring product, in the beginning of October this year. The flooring product will be available to customers as part of the company’s Uniblock flooring collection.
By Nick Gilbert
3 Sep 2012
Subsequent to the slump of 2008, the U.S. market for coatings and paints will see a significant improvement by the end of 2012. It will continue to grow over the coming decade.
By Joel Scanlon
1 Sep 2012